Marvs Sports-KFBD-Monday September 28

IT WAS HOMECOMING IN TIGER TOWN FRIDAY, AND THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS DID NOT DISSAPOINT THEIR HOMETOWN FANS, ALBEIT, IT WASN’T A FULL HOUSE, AND WASN’T UNTIL THE VERY END BEFORE THE TIGERS ESCAPED WITH A 31-27 VICTORY OVER THE HILLCREST HORNETS…
WAYNESVILLE LOOKING FOR ITS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AND THEY GOT IT….

A VISIT WITH COACH JOE HAYNES COMING UP…

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SEVERAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY WITH RICHLAND, CROCKER, IBERIA, DIXON AND NEWBURG FROM THE FRISCO LEAGUE IN 3 SEPERATE TOURNAMENTS…..

AT THE RICHLAND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT SATURDAY, VIENNA LEFT WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHEY WINNING ALL 3 GAMES IN THE ROUND ROBIN AFFAIR.

IN THEIR FIRST GAME, THE LADY EAGLES SHUT OUT CUBA 3-0. MARSIE MESSERSMITH TWIRLED A 3 HITTER WITH 8 STRIKEOUTS AND 2 WALKS. KADENCE GEORGE HAD 2 HITS .

IN THE SECOND GAME VIENNA DEFEATED CROCKER 9-1.ALICIA LONG WAS THE WINNING PITCHER…SHE GAVE UP 3 HITS, NO EARNED RUNS AND FANNED 7. ABREA SIMMONS STRUCK OUT THE SIDE IN THE 7TH. KARISSA FEELER, KAYLA HERTZING AND ALICIA LONG ALL HAD 3 HITS. GABBY WILKINSON HAD 2 HITS AND 4 RBI’S.

IN THE THIRD GAME VIENNA DEFEATED RICHLAND 16-1. MARSIE MESSERSMITH AND ABREA SIMMONS COMBINED FOR THE PITCHING VICTORY.JADA KLEFFNER, GABBY WILKINSON AND KARISSA FEELER HAD 2 HITS EACH.

VIENNA IS NOW 11-1 ON THE SEASON.

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VERSAILLES SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT SATURDAY…..IBERIA AND DIXON WERE THERE…..
VERSAILLES WON IT with their 9-7 victory over marshall…..iberia takes 3rd…

THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS WENT 2-1, LOSING THEIR FIRST GAME, 10-8 ON THE INTERNATIONAL TIEBREAKER TO VERSAILLES…. LANEY HALLEY TOOK THE LOSS.

IN THE SECOND GAME IBERIA BEAT DIXON 8 -1. HAILEY WHITTLE PICKS UP THE WIN.

THAT PUT THE LADY RANGERS IN THE THIRD-PLACE GAME…… IBERIA BEAT OSAGE 8-0. LANEY HALLEY PICKS UP THE WIN.

THE LADY RANGERS HAD 36 HITS ON THE DAY AND SCORTED 24 RUNS, AND MADE ON 2 ERRORS ON DEFENSE……HARPER ROLLINS WITH SEVEN HITS, MORGAN LUTTRELL WITH FIVE, HAYLEE HUMPHREY, ALYSSA PERRY, EMMA RAY, EMILY THOMPSON, HAILEY WHITTLE, AND HAYLEE HUMPHREY HAD MULTIPLE HITS.
HALLEY AND WHITTLE COMBINED FOR 17 STRIKEOUTS, AND FOUR WALKS WHILE FACING 66 BATTERS.

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DIXON KNOCKED OFF TUSCUMBIA IN THEIR CONSOLATION GAME 11-6..
MACI HOLTSCLAW GOT THE WIN, MADDI RYAN THE SAVE..TRISTEN LIPSCOMB DOUBLED AND DROVE IN 3 RUNS…
RYLI MARTIN HAD 3 HITS AND DROVE IN 2 RUNS AND MADDI RYAN ALSO DROVE IN 2..LEXI GRAVES DOUBLED TWO TIMES AND DROVE HOME A RUN.
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DIXON LOST TO VERSAILLES, 7-5 IN ANOTHER GAME.
HOLTSCLAW TOOK THE LOSS IN THIS…MADDI RYAN DROVE IN 2 RUNS

IN DIXON’S 8-1 LOSS TO IBERIA, MADDI RYAN SUFFERED THE LOSS….SHE GAVE UP 8 EARNED RUNS ON 14 HITS.
DIXON’S ONLY RBI CAME FROM KYLI BALLARD…..

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SALEM WON THE ST. JAMES SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, NEWBURG WENT 0-2…..SALEM CLAIMED A 23-2 WIN OVER NEWBURG, A 5-1 VICTORY OVER ST. CLAIR AND A 5-2 TRIUMPH OVER ST. JAMES…
ST. JAMES SQUEEZED BY NEWBURG 7-6

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BASEBALL

THE SCOREBOARD GOT A WORKOUT AT DEERLICK PARK IN LICKING FRIDAY AS THE WILDCATS HOSTED MANSFIELD AND THE CATS TAMED THE LIONS 11-10 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH…

THE LIONS SCRATCHED OUT 1 IN THE FIRST, LICKING COUNTERED WITH 3…BOTH ADDED 1 IN THE 2ND, THE LIONS HAD ONE IN THE AND TIED IT IN THE TOP OF THE 5TH AT 4-4 BEFORE LICKING PUT UP 2 SPOT THEIR HALF, BOTH GOT 4 IN THE 6TH, BEFORE MANSFIELD TIED IT IN THE TOP OF 7TH…..
LICKING ENDED IT WITH THEIR LAST RUN IN BOTTOM OF THE 7TH MAKING A WINNER OUT OF KEYTON COOK IN RELEIF…WILSON MURRAY STARTED, WORKED 5 2/3, GIVING UP 5 EARNED RUNS, FANNED 3 AND DIDN’T WALK A BATTER….
BOTH TEAMS LEFT A BUNCH ON THE BASES….MANSFIELD STRANDED 12, LICKING 11…
SPENCER ROGERS WAS THE BIG RBI GUY FOR LICKING…HE DROVE IN 3, RUSTY BUCKNER HAD 2 RUNS BATTED IN, MALACHI ANTLE, KEYTON RINNIE, SILAS ANTLE, AND KEYTON COOK ALL DROVE IN A RUN.

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BASEBALL

IBERIA SPLIT AT THE VIENNA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY KNOCKING OFF BELLE 10-9 IN 10 INNINGS, THEN GETTING TUMPED BY LINN, 23-4..

IN THE WIN OVER BELLE, IT WAS WALK OFF SINGLE IN THE 10TH INNING FROM ISSAC LAWSON MADE A WINNER OUT OF WADE BOND WHO WAS THE RANGERS 3RD PITCHER….
WADE BOND HOMERED IN THE GAME AND DROVE IN 2 RUNS…KADEN LAWSON HAD 2 HITS AND AN RBI.
LOGAN SEEL, HAYDEN LUTTRELL AND MICHAEL McDOWELL ALL DROVE IN A RUN..

IN THE 2ND GAME, JAKE WHITTLE STARTED, HE THREW 5 INNNINGS, GAVE UP 4 EARNED RUNS, BUT IBERIA KICKED IT AROUND TO THE TUNE OF 8 ERRORS IN THE GAME AND TOOK ONE ON THE CHIN.
KADEN LAWSWON HAD A HIT AN IBERIA’S ONLY RBI….

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IT STARTED THURSDAY, AND WRAPPED UP SATURDAY….
MACKS CREEK PLAYED THE STOUTLAND TIGERS FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON, THIS TIME IN THE 5TH PLACE GAME OF THE CONWAY FALL CLASSIC. WHEN THE DUST HAD SETTLED IT WAS THE TIGERS COMING AWAY WITH AN 11-0 WIN IN FIVE INNINGS.

STOUTLAND PLATED ONE RUN IN THE FIRST AND ONE IN THE SECOND OFF OF PIRATES STARTER AND LOSING PITCHER TANNER SMITH. STOUTLAND THEN ERUPTED FOR SIX IN THE FOURTH AND THREE MORE IN THE FIFTH TO CREATE THE FINAL MARGIN.
MACKS CREEK COACH JASON TRUSTY SAID “We were playing decent until the fourth and then the wheels just seemed to come off for us defensively…
MACKS CREEK FALLS TO 0-9 WITH THE LOSS. THEY WILL TRAVEL TO COACH TRUSTY’S OLD STOMPIN’ GROUNDS, WHERE HE PLAYED AND COACHED, HOOPER FIELD IN IBERIA ON TUESDAY (MAKE-UP FROM SEPTEMBER 1) FOR A TILT WITH THE RANGERS. ON THURSDAY THEY WILL TRAVEL TO LAKELAND TO FACE THE VIKINGS. GAME TIME FOR BOTH CONTESTS IS 5:00.

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IN A FRISCO LEAGUE SOCCER MATCH FRIDAY, IBERIA SHUT OUT RICHLAND 7-0 ON THE PITCH AT RICHLAND…..

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THE WAYNESVILLE FOOTBALL TIGERS WON THEIR FIRST OF THE SEASON ON FRIDAY AT A SCALED DOWN HOMECOMING..
THE CEREMONIES MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABSENT, BUT THE CELEBRATION WAS NOT AS THE TIGERS LET A 10 POINT HALFTIME LEAD GET AWAY, THEN RALLIED BACK FROM A 10 POINT DEFICIT AT THE END OF THE 3RD WHEN QB MICHAEL LEWIS FOUND SOME DAYLIGHT, SLASHED, CUT AND SCAMPERED 44 YARDS TO PAYDIRT WITH JUST UNDER A MINUTE LEFT FOR THE “W”…
MARV LUTEN TALKS WITH COACH JOE HAYNES.

TRAILING BY 10 AT THE END OF THE 3RD QUARTER AFTER LEADING BY 10 AT THE HALF, THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS WERE LOOKING AT AN OPPONENT THAT SIMPLY CONTROLLED THE GAME COMING OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM AT THE HALF SCORING 3 TOUCHDOWNS AND THE TIGERS ONLY HAVING 4 OFFENSIVE PLAYS WITH UNDER 3 MINUTES LEFT IN THE QUARTER….

QB MIKE LEWIS FOUND ZAY McARTHUR FOR A FLAIR PASS TO THE LEFT SIDELINE, McARTHUR HAD SOME BLOCKERS IN FRONT, GOT FREE AND TURNED ON THE AFTER BURNERS FOR A 76 YARD TD AND NOW IT’S 3 POINT GAME…THE HORNETS GOT THE BALL, MARCHED IT DOWN THE FIELD THANKS IN PART TO SEVERAL TIGER PENALTIES, WERE ON THE TIGERS 3 YARD LINE LOOKING AT A FIRST AND GOAL..THEN IS WAS 2ND AND GOAL FROM THE 2, 3RD AND GOAL FROM THE 1, AND ON 4TH DOWN, THE TIGERS STUFFED THEIR WILDCAT QUARTERBACK SHY OF THE GOAL LINE AND WAYNESVILLE WOULD GET THE BALL BACK..

THE TIGERS GOT IT TO THEIR 40 WITH ABOUT 4 MINUTES LEFT BEFORE SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT WITH A HOLDING PENALTY MAKING IT 4TH AND 11 AND THEY WOULD GIVE THE BALL BACK TO THE HORNETS…..A THREE AND OUT, A HILLCREST PUNT AND HERE CAME THE TIGERS AGAIN, ONLY NOW, TIMEOUTS WERE AT A PREMIUM..A SIDELINE PASS TO MARION FIAME, HE GETS OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE TIGER 45….ANOTHER PASS TO JARED HYATT, HE SCRAMBLES TO THE SIDELINE TO STOP THE CLOCK AT THE HILLCREST 44…MIKE LEWIS, OUT OF THE GUN, LOOKED DOWNFIELD, SAW A BIG OPENING AND TOOK IT OFF LEFT TACKLE, FOUND SOME DAYLIGHT CUT TO HIS RIGHT AT THE 25, AND WENT INTO THE END ZONE, NO PENALTY FLAGS, WAYNESVILLE WENT ON TOP 31-27, BUT THERE WAS STILL JUST UNDER A MINUTE LEFT ON THE CLOCK AND THE HORNETS WOULD GET IT BACK, MARCHED IT DOWN TO THE TIGERS 25, AND WITH NO TIME OUTS, TRIED 2 PASSES IN THE END ZONE THE TIGERS BROKE UP AND CAME AWAY WITH THEIR FIRST “W” OF THE SEASON…

THE TIGERS RACKED UP 418 TOTAL YARDS COMPARED TO 308 FOR HILLCREST.
SO MUCH FOR THE RUNNING GAME BEING THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE TIGERS….
MIKE LEWIS THREW FOR 254 YARDS, AND A TOUCHDOWN, AND HE RAN FOR 77 AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
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friday night IN THE Ozark Confrence…

The Rolla BULLDOG football GAME scheduled against Poplar Bluff was canceled due to the growing number of RHS students being quarantined for COVID-19….

No. 2 West Plains 28, Kickapoo 0…West Plains take sole possession of first place in the Ozark Conference.
Bolivar 38, Camdenton 26
Lebanon 57, Glendale 20

IN THE TIGERS DISTRICT 5 BRACKET IS WILLARD AND SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL….
Willard 32, No. 8 Joplin 20
Sarcoxie 55, Springfield Central 20

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TODAY, THE J.V. FOOTBALL TIGERS HEAD TO HILLCREST WHILE THE FRESHMAN PLAY HERE..

SOFTBALL, AND BASEBALL GAMES MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH DRYNESS THE FIELDS GET AFTER YESTERDAY’S RAIN..

ON TAP…
SOFTBALL:
CAMDENTON AT WAYNESVILLE
CROCKER AT RICHLAND
SALEM AT DIXON
STOUTLAND AT IBERIA
LAQUEY AT ST. JAMES

BASEBALL
CROCKER AT ST. ELIZABETH
EUGENE AT IBERIA
NEWBURG AT LAQUEY
STOUTLAND AT LICKING

SOCCER:
WAYNESVILLE’S AT PARKVIEW
DIXON AT FAIR GROVE
LAQUEY AT CAMDENTON
RICHLAND AT NEW COVENANT

TENNIS
ROLLA AT WAYNESVILLE

VOLLEYBALL
LINN AT DIXON
ROLLA AT LICKING

GOLF, OZARK CONFERENCE IS ON THE WHS SCHEDULE-IT’S BEEN MOVED TO NEXT MONDAY, OCT. 5TH.
DIXON AT CROCKER FOR GIRLS GOLF..

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stl

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS LOCKED UP A PLAYOFF BERTH YESTERDAY WITH A 5 TO 1 WIN OVER MILWAUKEE.

MEANWHILE, THE 2-0 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ARE TAKING ON THE 2-0 BALTIMORE RAVENS ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL…PUNDINTS ARE CALLING THIS A POSSIBLE PRE LIM TO THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME…
DEFENSE CERTAINLY GOES THE WAY OF BALTIMORE….FORMER WAYNESVILLE TIGER ALL STATER, L.J. FORT IS A STARTING SPECIAL TEAMER AND LINEBACKER FOR THE RAVENS……OFFENSE IS A TOSS UP WITH TWO MVP QUARTERBACKS, BOTH TEAMS HAVE GOOD RUNNING GAMES, TO INCLUDE THEIR QUARTERBACKS, AND WHEN IT COMES TO PASSING, MY NOD GOES TO PATRICK MAHOMES, BUT HE NEEDS TIME TO THROW…THE RAVENS ARE 3 1/2 POINT FAVORITES…THE CHIEFS DEFENSE MUST SHOW UP BETTER IN THIS THAN THEY DID AGAINST THE CHARGERS……TONIGHT’S KANSAS CITY-BALTIMORE MATCHUP GAME WILL BE AIRED THIS EVENING ON KOZQ, 102.3 F-M.